Of Thousands Ofjobs for other programmes leaving the state. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins us now. As we heard, this is Notjust A grievance about rejecting a 25 pay rise, this is problem going back over 15 years, what is the history . We have seen in this vote which was absolutely emphatic, 96 of both pulled voted for the strike shows the depth of feeling between the workforce against management and how little trust there is between the workforce and bowing management. As you say, that does go back a long time because in past renegotiations of Contracts Bowing was in a strong position and it went into these negotiations threatening to remove production from the pacific Northwest Area and take it into other states. That went down very badly with Boeing Workers in the region who are to accept reduced terms and conditions including the removal of Pension Schemes and those resentments have remained. Over the past few years as well while boeing has been trying to mmp while
today a totally different story with stocks nose diving down about 418 points now. a top trump administration economist insisting the overall economy remains strong. all the anecdotal information we re getting is fundamentals remain extremely sound. christmas sales were through the roof. momentum we saw this year is carried forward to next year. dana: here to talk about this is a partner at accounting giant pwc, mitch rochelle. you look at this all the time. fundamentals are strong. is this just a blip? the fundamentals of the economy are strong. it s more tail winds than head winds. around the world, economies are slowing. just their pace of growth is slowing. we re still linked to other economies. that s what has people worried that the knockout effect of china slowing could slow our economic growth. dana: some people have said president trump is the reason for all of this. i m skeptical of that. listen to what the washington post editorial board said. the smart thing for pre